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Violations of China's Law
2010/10/24
Internal Communist Party Documents Disclose New Campaign to Forcibly "Transform" Millions of Falun Gong Practitioners in China
A series of internal Communist Party documents, some of them posted online, reveal the details of a new three-year, multi-billion dollar campaign targeting Falun Gong practitioners across China. The campaign’s stated goal is to “transform” 75 percent of all known practitioners, who number in the tens of millions despite eleven years of brutal suppression. Specifically, the campaign calls upon security forces to go into “villages and households” to “educate and conquer” Falun Gong practitioners.
2009/12/01
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Defending Falun Gong
A human rights lawyer from northeast China was sentenced on November 27 to seven years in prison for taking Falun Gong practitioners as clients and presenting legal arguments that the Chinese Communist Party’s campaign against the spiritual practice is illegal under Chinese law.
2009/11/18
Spanish Court Indicts Top Communist Party Officials for Torture, Genocide of Falun Gong
In an unprecedented decision, a Spanish judge has indicted five high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials for their role in crimes of torture and genocide committed against Falun Gong practitioners. Among the defendants is former CCP head Jiang Zemin, widely acknowledged as the chief instigator of the campaign to “eradicate” the spiritual practice.
2009/11/15
10 Things President Obama Should Know For His Visit to China
1. Within a 50-mile radius of central Beijing, hundreds of innocent Falun Gong practitioners are being held and tortured in detention centers, forced labor camps, and prison camps. 2. During Obama’s 3-day trip, an estimated 72 Falun Gong practitioners will be abducted by security forces, 15 will be sent to a forced labor or prison camp for the next 1 to 18 years, and at least one will likely be tortured to death. 3. Several Communist Party officials Obama may meet are being investigated for egregious human rights violations, including torture and genocide. 4. Tiananmen Square, a likely destination during Obama’s sightseeing tour, has been the scene of countless Chinese citizens being pummeled, beaten, and shoved into police vans by security forces for peacefully protesting against the persecution of Falun Gong. Many died after being detained there. 5. At least 97 Falun Gong practitioners from Beijing and 414 from the surrounding Hebei province have been killed due to persecution over the past decade. 6. In 1999, roughly 1 out of every 15 Chinese practiced Falun Gong. Thus, many of the people President Obama meets or sees walking down the street have a friend, relative, or colleague who has been victimized by the last decade of persecution. 7. Whatever Obama hears—or doesn’t hear—from Party officials about Falun Gong will be profoundly shaped by propaganda and censorship. 8. Despite Party leaders rhetorical commitment to the “rule of law,” judges, prosecutors, and security agents are routinely manipulated by Party officials into carrying out illegal abductions, detentions, “re-education,” torture, and murder. 9. Public interest lawyers who have represented Falun Gong practitioners have been harassed, disbarred, and tortured. 10. In Beijing and across China, Falun Gong practitioners and their supporters are engaging in a tireless grassroots effort to stop the violence.
2009/09/24
Sept. 28, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: 53-year-old Woman Dies from Torture Six Days after Arrest • Cases of Two Elderly Falun Gong Practitioners in Danger Submitted to the United Nations for Urgent Appeal • Chinese Human Rights Defenders: Debarred Lawyer Tortured and Arrested in Northeastern China for Defending Falun Gong • FDIC: Attorneys Sue National Security Team in Wuhou for Denying them the Right to Meet their Falun Gong Client • The New Republic: “Hacking the Regime: How the Falun Gong empowered the Iranian uprising” • 23 Members of U.S. Congress Urge South Korean President Not to Deport Falun Gong Refugees to China • Taiwanese Falun Gong criticize Hong Kong court ruling • Italian MP Issues Statement Condemning the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong
2009/09/07
Amnesty International: Breaking the law: Crackdown on human rights lawyers and legal activists in China (excerpts)
Excerpts from Amnesty International report published in September 2009 detailing growing intimidation, assault, jailing, and disbarment of numerous human rights lawyers, many of whom had defended Falun Gong practitioners. In several instances, authorities' linked the lawyers' harassment and punishment directly to their defense of Falun Gong.
2009/08/06
Aug. 6, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: “Urgent Appeal: Dozens of Lives at Risk in Daqing Prison as Authorities Systematically Starve Falun Gong Prisoners of Conscience” • FDIC: “Urgent Appeal: Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioner Abducted in China, at Risk of Torture” • Chinese Human Rights Defenders: “Three Lawyers Detained for Defending Falun Gong Practitioners” • The Prague Post: “Woman tells of life in Chinese labor camp: Jailed for joining Falun Gong, forced to pack 8,000 chopsticks daily” • Taipei Times: “Editorial: The need to defend one’s own”
2009/04/15
April 15, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
• FDIC: “Dozens of Falun Gong Adherents Sentenced to Up to 14 Years Since September 2008” • FDIC: “Urgent Appeal: Retired Professor Faces Imminent Long Sentencing for Practicing Falun Gong” • Chinese Human Rights Defenders: “Beijing Lawyer Cheng Hai Assaulted by Officials for Representing Falun Going Practitioner” • Epoch Times: “Confidential Documents Portray Persecution of Falun Gong; 'Not guilty' verdicts banned” • The Star: “Fears grow over Chinese lawyer’s disappearance” • Freedom House: Internet freedom study finds Falun Gong among most systematically censored topics
2009/04/06
Urgent Appeal: Retired Professor Faces Imminent Long Sentencing for Practicing Falun Gong
New York—A retired professor and father of a New York resident faces imminent sentencing for practicing Falun Gong after a trial last week in Shandong province that lasted just hours and at which police blocked his legal representation from attending. As part of a recent alarming trend of long sentences given to Falun Gong adherents, Mr. Zhang Xingwu now potentially faces up to 12 years in prison.
2009/03/27
March 27, 2009: Falun Gong News Bulletin
* FDIC: Falun Gong adherents sentenced to long prison terms in Hunan, Liaoning * Washington Times: Chinese Spy who Defects Tells All * Prof. Jerome Cohen in South China Morning Post: Beijing Must Reveal Fate of Human Rights Lawyer * David Matas in National Post: “China’s Stooge”